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Italian destroyer Durand de la Penne in 2004. This is a list of destroyers of the Regia Marina and Marina Militare, ... Italian Destroyers of World War 2. Oxford ...
In early 1943, Italian destroyers, including Bersagliere, took part in regular supply missions to Tunisia, taking replacement troops from Italy to Africa and carrying wounded and Prisoners of War back to Italy on the return trips. [6] On 7 January, Bersagliere was bombed and sunk in Palermo harbour during an air raid by American B-24 bombers ...
The two ships entered service in 1916, and were based in Taranto with the rest of the main fleet for the duration of World War I. Both ships were involved in the Corfu incident in 1923. The ships' modernization work was completed after Italy entered World War II. Duilio was damaged at the Battle of Taranto, while Andrea Doria was not hit.
The Italian destroyers of World War II comprised a mix of old warship designs dating from World War I and some of the most modern of their type in the world. These destroyers (Italian: cacciatorpediniere) also varied in size from enlarged torpedo-boats to esploratori (an Italian designation for large destroyers approaching light cruiser size).
World War II destroyers of Italy (74 P) A. Almirante Clemente-class destroyers (2 P) D. Destroyers of the Regia Marina (24 C, 27 P) Destroyers of the Italian Navy (8 ...
The Oriani class (also known as the Poeti class), were a group of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the mid-1930s. They were improved versions of the Maestrale-class destroyers and had increased machinery power and a different anti-aircraft armament.
The Soldati-class destroyers were slightly improved versions of the preceding Oriani class. [1] They had a length between perpendiculars of 101.6 meters (333 ft 4 in) [2] and an overall length of 106.7 meters (350 ft 1 in).
Mitragliere was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in early 1942, she was the first ship to be finished of the second batch of seven ships.